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1,181 pages on this wiki. The Young Man Meets Death, a 15th century Dutch print. The Pardoner's Tale (written in the original Middle English as The Pardoners Tale without an apostrophe) is a short story in verse from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.The tale takes the form of a religious fable which warns of the dangers of sin.,181 pages on this wiki. The Young Man Meets Death, a 15th century Dutch print. The Pardoner's Tale (written in the original Middle English as The Pardoners Tale without an apostrophe) is a short story in verse from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
Though the Pardoner preaches against greed, the irony of the character is based in the Pardoner's hypocritical actions. He admits extortion of the poor, pocketing of indulgences, and failure to abide by teachings against jealousy and avarice.n the General Prologue of the Tales, the Pardoner is introduced with these lines: With hym ther rood a gentil Pardoner. Of Rouncivale, his freend and his compeer, That streight was comen fro the court of Rome.